Not Long Left Poems

What is love without patience
What is lust without want
What is desire without temptation
What is compassion without empathy.
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In truth there can be no real excuse
for the actions of the black sheep
But to use that label is too enable
oneself to destroy and yet feel cheated.
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In this toy littered Garden I tend to
scan the background. Long moments

spent staring at the Evergreens
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A modern day Romeo and Juliet
make unfulfilled promises with
dead kisses and blunted words.
Their arched backs thrust towards
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It wilts
and I weep.
Much beauty
clouded these eyes
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A junkie shivers under the sun, the poet
scans the streets searching for that one word.
The senile midnight street walker rests her
head for the day. The old war veteran spits on
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Emily is on the floor
Emily can't take no more
Emily says she aint no whore
Emily looks at the closed door
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Closer to the road, the ancient graves
crumble under the weight of time.
Words of love, of lost, of hope and despair
are scattered amongst the un cut grass.
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Oh mistiming mystical moon
You have arrived a little to soon
The searing sun is still in the sky
It is not yet ready to say goodbye.
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A melting pot of emotion,
Lives lived and read.
some hidden behind
heavily clothed words
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